Scotland has designated 37% of its waters as marine protected areas, but destructive fishing methods like bottom trawling ...

Much has been written about suspected sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, but the UN says fishing trawlers, not spies, are causing most of the damage. "Generally, around 80 percent of cable ...

Deep-sea fishing trawlers are never described as glamorous. They’re traditionally forward-heavy vessels built with ramps at the stern for hauling heavy catches onto the working aft deck. On the ...

Imagine heavy nets, many miles wide, scraping the ocean floor, trapping all marine life in their wake. This is called trawling. It's a common fishing method that scientists say is devastating the ...

Caution has been issued against foreign trawlers seeking to take advantage of the six months of prawn fishing along the shallow Coastal waters of Kilifi, Tana River, and Lamu. Trawlers are large boats ...

Shipwrecks are a surprising haven for marine life in areas where there is heavy fishing, scientists have discovered. To reach these findings, a group of British scientists studied five shipwrecks off ...

For as long as he can remember, the sea has been in Travis Daniels’ blood. Born and raised in Kalk Bay, he grew up with the ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Illustration of trawler at sea dragging fishing net to catch fish. [Courtesy] Caution has ...